Optionally applicable lining for draperies



July 31, 1962 E. HEIMBERG OPTIONALLY APPLICABLE LINING FOR DRAPERIESFiled May 26, 1961 INVENTOR. HH/VBL PG United States atent G 3,047,060OPTIONALLY APPLICABLE LlNlNG FOR DRAPERIES Eli Heimberg, New Bedford,Mass, assignor to Cameo Curtains Inc., New York, N.Y., a corporation ofNew York Filed May 26, 1961, Ser. No. 112,811 1 Claim. (Cl. 160-330)This invention relates to draperies, and more particularly to a draperylining which is optionally attachable to an otherwise unlined drapery.

In conventional lined draperies, the lining material is sewn, and hencepermanently secured, to the rear face of the drapery material. As apractical matter, therefore, the draper and lining are inseparable.

It is a principal object of the present invention to provide a draperylining which is attachable to an unlined drapery, in order to give thelatter the light-shielding characteristic and draping quality of a lineddrapery, and yet which may readily be removed from the drapery whendesired.

The advantages of the present invention are numerous. The lining of thepresent invention may be separated from the drapery so that the draperyand lining may be washed or dry cleaned separately and moreconveniently.

In addition, when the lining has become worn or degraded by very strongsunlight, it may be removed and replaced without disturbing the drapery.

Furthermore, difierent weights and types of lining can be used forspecific purposes. For example, linings having good insulating qualitiescan be employed when necessary, and where an additional decorativeeffect is desired, a printed lining may be used.

What is more, since lined draperies are more expensive than unlineddraperies, persons furnishing a home on a strict budget can buy unlineddraperies initially and then at some later time buy the linings of thepresent invention and apply them to the originally unlined draperies.

Also, up to the present time, draperies made of Fiberglas have not beenlined. The reason for this is that Fiberglas and cloth lining materialhave unequal shrinking characteristics and hence washing such draperieswould cause them to become distorted. On the other hand, Fiberglas istoo expensive to be used commercially as a lining material. The liningsof the present invention perrnit lined Fiberglas draperies to be usedsince after washing the lining and drapery the lining may be reattachedto the drapery so as to compensate for any shrinkage which has takenplace.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide optionallyattachable drapery linings which may be secured together in side-by-siderelationship so as to fit draperies of varying widths.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparentfrom the following description in which reference is made to theaccompanying drawings.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a drapery and two individuallining panels according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view on an enlarged scale showinghow the lining is applied to the drapery;

FIG. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional view taken on line 3--3 of FIG.2; and

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view showing how the lining panelsmay be secured to each other.

FIGS. 1 and 2. show the rear face of a drapery having no lining. Thedrapery is provided as usual with a turned-back upper margin 11 andsuspension pins 12 of conventional design are inserted between themargin 11 and the rear face of the drapery 10. Each suspension pincomprises an inverted U-shaped element which straddles one of thepleat-forming folds 13 in the drap y, and an upwardly and rearwardlyprojecting neck portion formed with a hook at its upper end. The hooksare adapted to engage a curtain rod and thus support the drapery.

The drapery 10 is also provided with the usual inturned side hems 14.The free edge of each side hem 14 is normally secured to the rear faceof the drapery 10 by means of a so-called blind stitch 15. Onecharacteristic of a blind stitch is that it secures the dege of the sidehem to the drapery at spaced intervals thereby leaving regions 18between each two adjacent stitches 15 which are not secured to thedrapery.

Ready-made draperies are generally sold in standard widths of about 25inches or multiples thereof. Thus, draperies are usually brought inwidths of 25, 50, inches, and so forth. It has therefore been foundadvantageous to make the linings of the present invention in panels 19whose dimensions correspond to the dimensions of standard sizedraperies. However, the lining panels 19 of the present invention needonly be made in a single standard width, namely, the width which wouldbe used with a 25-inch wide drapery. This may be done because onefeature of the present invention is the provision.

of means for securing two or more of the panels 19 together inside-by-side relationship whereby wider panels may be formed for usewith wider draperies. For example, the drapery of FIG. 1 is assumed tobe about 50 inches wide, and hence two lining panels 19 are employed toline this drapery.

Each panel 19 is made about as long as the drapery with which it is tobe used, but its width is somewhat greater than the unit width of astandard drapery so that when the lining is attached to the drapery thelining will have no tendency to pull the drapery.

Each lining panel 19 is provided near its upper end with a series ofapertures 20 adapted to accommodate the suspension pins 12. The spacingbetween each two adjacent apertures 20 is slightly greater than thespacing between the adjacent suspension pins 12 so that when theapertures are fitted over the necks of the suspension pins (see FIG. 2)there will be a slight excess of lining material between each pair ofadjacent pins. The apertures 20 are relatively narrow, i.e., they areonly about as wide as the diameter of the suspension pins 12 so thatthere will be no horizontal movement of the lining with respect to thedrapery panel after the lining has been applied.

Secured along the side edges of each lining panel 19 are fasteners 21.The fasteners chosen for illustration are U-shaped members of springymaterial, the arms of which are normally in contact with each other. Oneof the arms is provided with holes (see FIG. 4) so that the fastener maybe sewn onto the lining 19. The fasteners 21 are so designed that theywill frictionally grip anything which is inserted between the two armsof. the fastener.

When it is desired to attach a lining panel 19 to a drapery, the lining19 is first slipped over the pins 12 by inserting the pins through theapertures 20. Then, the arm or tongue of each fastener 21 which isfarther from the lining 19 is pushed into one of the openings 18 whichhappens to be at its level. The tongue is thus inserted into a concealedposition behind the inturned side hem 14 of the drapery which is heldfrictionally between the two arms of the fastener 21. It has been foundthat if two fasteners are secured along each side of the lining, onearound the midpoint of the lining and one near the lower end of thelining, the lining is held close to the rear face of the drapery andgives the effect of the conventional sewn-in lining.

So that the lining panels 19 may be fastened to each other, thefasteners 21 are secured to the opposite side Patented July 31, 1962edges of the panels out of horizontal alignment. Thus, as may be seen inFIG. 4, when two panels 19 are to be joined, the margin 22 of one of thepanels may be inserted between the arms of the fastener 21 on the otherpanel. Obviously, the fasteners oneither panel may be employed to gripthe margin of the other panel. It may be seen in FIG. l that the twolining panels 19 will first be secured in side-by-side relationship andwill then be attached to the drapery 10.

Since the fasteners 21 are capable of gripping the side hems 1 4 of thedrapery 10, and'do not require an opposed fastening element secured tothe drapery in order to attach the lining to the drapery, they arecompletely concealed behind the drapery panel. Moreover, the lining canbe secured to the drapery panel at different heights along the side hem.This compensates for differential dimensional changes and any shrinkageeffects which may be present in'the drapery or the lining will have noeffect on the attachment of the lining to the drapery. In other words,the fasteners 21 do not have to engage What is claimed is:

An optionally applicable lining for a drapery panel having 'rearwardlyinturned side hems and spaced suspension pins along its upper edge, saidlining consisting of a separate panel of lining material substantiallyas long.

as the drapery panel, said lining having apertures at spaced horizontalintervals along its, upper edge for engagement with said suspensionpins, said apertures being only about as wide as the diameter of saidsuspension pins whereby said lining will be maintained againsthorizontal movement with respect to said drapery panel, and at least onefastener adjacent at least one side edge of the lining,

' said fastener being provided with a base'portion and a any particularpoint on the drapery, but rather are adapted tongue overlying said baseportion and extending toward said side edge, said tongue being adaptedto be inserted behind, and frictionally grip, the corresponding inturnedside hem of the drapery panel to secure said lining thereto and concealsaid fastener and tongue behindsai'd drapery panel, said frictional gripallowing the lining to be secured to said drapery panel at difierentheights along.

said side hem to compensate for dilferential dimensional changes andthus avoid distortion of the drapery panel by the lining.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS439,997 Bradshaw Nov. 4, 1890 1,171,983 Rosenman Feb. 15, 1916 2,093,269Geller Sept. 14, 1937 2,859,810 Sachs Nov. 11, 1958

